Malaria vaccines have drastically cut child deaths in Ghana, yet global health organization Gavi warns that funding cuts from the Trump administration and other wealthy nations threaten to halt the vital vaccination expansion across Africa, jeopardizing gains against the disease. Malaria vaccines are bringing Ghana closer to eliminating child malaria deaths, showcasing their power against […]

Zimbabwe faces a major resurgence of malaria following U.S. aid cuts, with deaths more than tripling in 2025.

The United Nations children’s organization UNICEF is launching today’s World Malaria Day with the rollout of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine in Mali, the 20th country to introduce it. This was the launch of the first malaria vaccine in Malawi back in April 2019.It was a pilot study backed by UNICEF and GAVI, the vaccine alliance.They say […]

416 cases of the mysterious disease had been reported in recent weeks.

The figures are alarming: there were 263 million cases and 597,000 deaths from malaria worldwide in 2023, marking an increase of approximately 11 million cases compared to the previous year. Related: DRC includes malaria vaccine in children’s vaccination schedule The recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on malaria presents a mixture of significant […]

The Minister of Health, Silvia Lutucuta, has highlighted the implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Control 2021-2025 as a key element in the results achieved. On Wednesday, official sources stated that Angola shows a reduction in the malaria mortality rate from 35 deaths per 100,000 population in 2022 to 20 deaths per 100,000 […]

Algeria announced on Sunday a second shipment of medicated aircraft to the far south regions of the country due to the proliferation of cases of diphtheria and malaria among the population, where at least ten deaths were reported. RELATED: S. Sudan: Malaria Vaccination Campaign Across Six States Launched Algerian senator Brahim Akadi today said that […]

The launch of the vaccination campaign came after the government received 645,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccine on May 31 from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

In Cote d’Ivoire, though malaria-related mortality has more than halved, from 3,222 deaths in 2017 to 1,485 deaths in 2023, more than 1,000 children under five still die of malaria each year.

Obia Achieng, deputy representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in South Sudan, said the country faces one of the highest malaria burdens in the region, with an estimated 7,630 cases and 18 deaths daily.